Here you can access a database created by the Group in collaboration with Re:wild as part of an inventory of available data sources.
The database includes 202 global data sources:
These data sources are of potential use to actors wanting to monitoring biodiversity states, pressures and responses, from government agencies to NGOs to companies striving for nature-positive outcomes.
Access the database portal HERE.
The pdf version below also includes a list of 41 types of report that synthesize large biodiversity data sets over time.
Download a pdf of Version 4.0 of the database here:
The database includes 202 global data sources:
- 57 global biodiversity data sources of potential value in monitoring biodiversity state.
- 62 global data sources of potential value in monitoring pressures and threats to biodiversity.
- 39 global data sources of potential value in monitoring conservation responses to biodiversity loss.
- 44 global data sources with multiple uses for biodiversity monitoring.
These data sources are of potential use to actors wanting to monitoring biodiversity states, pressures and responses, from government agencies to NGOs to companies striving for nature-positive outcomes.
Access the database portal HERE.
The pdf version below also includes a list of 41 types of report that synthesize large biodiversity data sets over time.
Download a pdf of Version 4.0 of the database here:
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Citation: IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group (2025). Database of Global Data Sources for Biodiversity Conservation Monitoring. Version 4.0. <https://www.speciesmonitoring.org/data-sources.html>
Data managers are encouraged to let us know of any errors or of any other data sources that could be considered for inclusion in the next version of the database. Please write to PJ Stephenson at [email protected].
A fact sheet answering frequently asked questions about the database is available here:
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Data managers are encouraged to let us know of any errors or of any other data sources that could be considered for inclusion in the database. Please write to PJ Stephenson at [email protected].
More background:
The database was created by PJ Stephenson with support from Carrie Stengel and was made possible with funding from Re:wild. Angela Ruiz de Paz helped compile new material for Version 2.0. Production of Version 2.0 and Version 3.0 was supported by funds from the Swiss Network for International Studies to the University of Lausanne through the project Unblocking the Flow of Biodiversity Data for Multi-Stakeholder Environmental Sustainability Management. Production of Version 4.0 was supported by a small grant from the IUCN Species Survival Commission. The web portal to access the database (https://datasources.speciesmonitoring.org/) was created by Nathanaël Langlois.
The rationale, methods and conclusions from the inventory are presented in the following paper, freely available online:
Stephenson, P.J. & Stengel, C. 2020. An inventory of biodiversity data sources for conservation monitoring. PLoS ONE, 15(12): e0242923. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242923
An explanation of the Version 2.0 update is presented in the following paper, freely available online::
Stephenson, P.J., & Ruiz de Paz, A. 2022. New database enhances the accessibility of global biodiversity information for conservation monitoring. Oryx, 56(3): 329-330. DOI: 10.1017/S0030605322000205
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